Arthropoda Selecta 11 (4): 255–258 © ARTHROPODA SELECTA, 2002

Two new species of Glomeridellidae (Diplopoda: Glomerida) from the Middle East

Äâà íîâûõ âèäà ñåìåéñòâà Glomeridellidae (Diplopoda: Glomerida) ñ Áëèæíåãî Âîñòîêà

S. I. Golovatch Ñ.È. Ãîëîâà÷

Institute for Problems of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky pr. 33, Moscow 119071 Russia. Èíñòèòóò ïðîáëåì ýêîëîãèè è ýâîëþöèè ÐÀÍ, Ëåíèíñêèé ïðîñï. 33, Ìîñêâà 119071 Ðîññèÿ.

KEY WORDS. Typhloglomeris, taxonomy, new synonymy, new species, Israel, Syria. ÊËÞ×ÅÂÛÅ ÑËÎÂÀ: Typhloglomeris, òàêñîíîìèÿ, íîâàÿ ñèíîíèìèÿ, íîâûå âèäû. Èçðàèëü, Ñèðèÿ.

ABSTRACT: Albanoglomus Attems, 1926 is for- Epiromeris Strasser, 1976,Glomerellina Silvestri, 1908, mally synonymised under Typhloglomeris Verhoeff, Onychoglomeris Verhoeff, 1906 and Typhloglomeris 1898, syn.n. This results in the following transfers: T. Verhoeff, 1898 are currently known to occur in the ljubetensis (Attems, 1929), T. asiaeminoris (Strasser, Caucasus region, north-western Iran, Anatolia, Greece 1975), T. martensi (Golovatch, 1981), T. lohmanderi and Cyprus (cf. Golovatch, 1989a,b, 1990, 1993; Tha- (Golovatch, 1989), T. alba (Golovatch, 1989) and T. ler, 1999). kosswigi (Golovatch, 1989), all comb.n., ex Albanoglo- Only two species of Glomerida have hitherto been mus. Two new species of Typhloglomeris are described: reported from the entire Middle East south of Turkey. T. contrasta sp.n. from Syria and T. semitica sp.n. from One is the minute Trachysphaera aff. rotundata (Lig- Israel. Based on a restudy of the holotype of Glomeris nau, 1911), a chiefly eastern Mediterranean taxon klugii Brandt, 1833, apparently mislabelled as being recently recorded from near Jerusalem, Israel [Tabaca- from Syria, this species is actually a senior subjective ru, 1995]. The second glomeridan is the much more synonym of the common European G. undulata C. L. conspicuous Glomeris klugii Brandt, 1833. This was Koch, 1844, syn.n. first described very succinctly from a single female originating from “Syria or Egypt” [Brandt, 1833], but ÐÅÇÞÌÅ: Ðîä Albanoglomus Attems, 1926 ñâåäåí later [Brandt, 1840] its provenance was refined as â ñèíîíèìû Typhloglomeris Verhoeff, 1898, syn.n. “Syria”. Koch [1863], having apparently seen the holo- Óñòàíîâëåíû ñëåäóþùèå íîâûå êîìáèíàöèè: T. lju- type of klugii, still kept in the Berlin Museum, identi- betensis (Attems, 1929), T. asiaeminoris (Strasser, fied and beautifully illustrated klugii, based on material 1975), T. martensi (Golovatch, 1981), T. lohmanderi coming from “Idrien und Triest”. On geographical (Golovatch, 1989), T. alba (Golovatch, 1989) è T. grounds alone, this record was logically questioned by kosswigi (Golovatch, 1989), âñå comb.n., èç Albano- Verhoeff [1923] in his survey of the Near Eastern glomus. Îïèñàíî äâà íîâûõ âèäà ðîäà Typhloglomer- diplopods, as klugii in the sense of Koch definitely is: T. contrasta sp.n. èç Ñèðèè è T. semitica sp.n. èç represented the common and widespread European Èçðàèëÿ. Íà îñíîâå èçó÷åíèÿ ãîëîòèïà Glomeris species Glomeris conspersa C. L Koch, 1844, currently klugii Brandt, 1833, îøèáî÷íî ýòèêåòèðîâàííîãî considered as only a colour form of G. undulata C. L. “Ñèðèÿ”, óñòàíîâëåíî, ÷òî ýòîò âèä ÿâëÿåòñÿ ñòàðøèì Koch, 1844 [cf. Hoess, 2000]. Verhoeff thus disagreed ñóáúåêòèâíûì ñèíîíèìîì åâðîïåéñêîãî G. undulata with Latzel [1884], who had incorrectly sunk klugii C. L. Koch, 1844, syn.n. under conspersa, not vice versa. A few occasional reports of G. klugii [cf. Porat, 1893] or a Glomeris sp. Introduction [Bodenheimer, 1935, 1937] in the Levant complete our previous knowledge of the regional glomeridan fauna. Representatives of the millipede order Glomerida Recently, during a short-term collecting trip in are not particularly diverse in the eastern Mediterra- Israel, I obtained material comprising, among others, a nean. Only 10 species of Trachysphaera Heller, 1858, couple of glomeridan millipede specimens. An addi- eight species of Hyleoglomeris Verhoeff, 1910, five tional specimen was provided on the spot by Dr T. species of Albanoglomus Attems, 1926, two species of Pavlièek, Haifa. Still one more sample, this time from Glomeris Latreille, 1802/03 and one species each in Syria, was sent to me for study later by Prof. H. Enghoff, Printed in 2003. Copenhagen. All this material proved to include two 256 S. I. Golovatch

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Figs 1–13. 1–5 — Typhloglomeris contrasta sp.n., # holotype; 6–11 — Typhloglomeris semitica sp.n., # holotype (6, 8–11) and $ paratype (7); 12–13 — Glomeris klugii Brandt, 1833, $ holotype. 1, 6 & 12 — habitus, dorsal view; 2, 8 & 13 — lateral part of thoracic shield, lateral view; 3 & 9 — leg 17; 4 & 10 — leg 18; 5 & 11 — telopods; 7 — caudal body part, dorsal view. — Scale bar: Figs 3– 5, 9–11 = 0.2 mm; others not drawn to scale. Ðèñ. 1–13. 1–5 — Typhloglomeris contrasta sp.n., ãîëîòèï #; 6–11 — Typhloglomeris semitica sp.n., ãîëîòèï # (6, 8–11) è ïàðàòèï $ (7); 12–13 — Glomeris klugii Brandt, 1833, ãîëîòèï $. 1, 6, 12 — ãàáèòóñ. äîðñàëüíî; 2, 8, 13 — áîêîâàÿ ÷àñòü ãðóäíîãî ùèòà, ëàòåðàëüíî; 3, 9 — íîãà 17; 4, 10 — íîãà 18; 5, 11 — òåëîïîäû; 7 — êàóäàëüíàÿ ÷àñòü òåëà, äîðñàëüíî. Ìàñøòàá: 0,2 ìì äëÿ ðèñ. 3–5, 9–11; îñòàëüíûå ðèñóíêè èçîáðàæåíû áåç ìàñøòàáà. Two new Glomeridellidae 257 new species. This paper is devoted not only to their DESCRIPTION: Length ca. 7–8 mm, width ca. 3.2 (# description, but also to a brief taxonomic survey of the holotype) to 4.0 mm ($ paratype). Background coloration of entire eastern Mediterranean fauna of Glomerida. The dorsum dark brown to blackish (Fig. 6): antennae uniform most important outcomes of the work are that Albano- dark brown; head marbled dark brown, labrum and a few glomus Attems, 1926 is formally synonymised under spots near and above antennal sockets paler; central part of collum marbled intensely yellowish-brown; thoracic shield Typhloglomeris Verhoeff, 1898; that all species previ- with a broad orange-red band extending from hyposchism all ously placed in Albanoglomus are formally transferred along anterior edge of tergite; a large, transversely oval, to Typhloglomeris; and that Glomeris klugii Brandt, yellowish-brown, marbled spot on each side of terga 2–11, 1833 becomes a senior subjective synonym of the com- traces of a pale axial line in front parts of these terga; mon European species G. undulata C. L. Koch, 1844. pygidium either nearly entirely dark, a little paler only in The following museum acronyms are applied: Zoological front of caudomarginal knobs (# holotype) (Fig. 6) or with Museum, University of Tel Aviv, Israel (ZMTA), Zoological a more or less evident, subtriangular, central, pale spot Museum, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (ZMUC) and caudally and an axial line frontally ($ paratypes) (Fig. 7); Zoological Museum, University of Moscow, Russia (ZMUM). legs rather light, reddish-brown. Ocelli black, convex, 7+1 (# holotype and $ paratype) or 8+1 ($ paratype) on each side Species descriptions of head. Collum with usual two transverse striae in anterior half. Thoracic shield with a small hyposchism slightly projecting Typhloglomeris contrasta sp.n. behind rear tergal contour; four ($ paratypes) or five ($ Figs 1–5. holotype) very fine striae laterally (Fig. 8), of which 2, 3 ($) or 4 (#) crossing the dorsum. Rear edges of terga 8–11 Holotype # (ZMUC), Syria, road Aleppo–Jisr ech-Chorghur, increasingly strongly and upright-denticulate, this denticula- 20.03.1975; leg. Kinzelbach et al., ded. H. Schmalfuss. tion being especially poorly expressed on tergum 8. Pygidi- DIAGNOSIS: Differs from congeners by the whitish- um somewhat flattended centrocaudally, rear edge with two yellow collum, thoracic shield and pygidium strongly con- large paramedian knobs (Fig. 6). Rear margin of most terga trasting to the dark brown to blackish head, antennae and very slightly sinuate in middle. terga 3–11, coupled with minor peculiarities in structure of Male legs 17 (Fig. 9) with rather high external coxal lobes male leg-pairs 17–19. and 3-segmented, relatively slender telopodites. Male legs 18 DESCRIPTION: Length ca. 7 mm, width ca. 3.1 mm. (Fig. 10) as in the previous species. Male legs 19 (telopods) Coloration strongly contrasting (Fig. 1): head and antennae (Fig. 11) with a high syncoxital lobe connected to adjacent rather uniform dark brown, labrum pale; collum, thoracic coxal horns by oblique hyaline membranes; telopodites also shield and pygidium entirely whitish-yellow, terga 3–11 4-segmented, tarsus not so strongly papillate distally. blackish-brown with a large, transversely oval, laterally more or less strongly marbled spot on each side, anteromedi- Conclusions an parts slightly paler than blackish background; legs pale brownish-gray. Ocelli black, convex, 7+1 on each side of Although both the new species are definitely epigean head. and distinctly coloured, I now take the opportunity to Collum with usual two transverse striae in anterior half. formally suppress the genus Albanoglomus Attems, Thoracic shield with a very small hyposchism failing to 1926 as entirely superfluous. This action was suggested project behind rear tergal contour; five very fine striae but not formalised earlier [Golovatch, 1989; Thaler laterally (Fig. 2), of which distal four crossing the dorsum. Rear edges of terga 9–11 increasingly strongly and upright- 1999]. Æurèiæ & Makarov (in prep.) provide additional denticulate. Pygidium somewhat flattened centrocaudally, evidence in support of the synonymy, based on new rear edge with two large paramedian knobs (Fig. 1). Rear material from the Balkan region. In other words, the margin of most terga very slightly sinuate in middle. following new synonymy is proposed herewith: Typhlo- Male legs 17 (Fig. 3) with rather low external coxal lobes glomeris Verhoeff, 1898 = Albanoglomus Attems, 1926, and 3-segmented telopodites. Male legs 18 (Fig. 4) with syn. n. This also entails the following new combina- medially swollen femora beset with small but evident denti- tions: T. ljubetensis (Attems, 1929), T. asiaeminoris cles, telopodites 4-segmented. Male legs 19 (telopods) (Fig. (Strasser, 1975), T. martensi (Golovatch, 1981), T. 5) with a high syncoxital lobe connected to adjacent coxal lohmanderi (Golovatch, 1989), T. alba (Golovatch, horns by concave hyaline membranes; telopodites 4-seg- 1989) and T. kosswigi (Golovatch, 1989), all comb.n., mented, tarsus strongly papillate distally. ex Albanoglomus. All these species, together with T. contrasta sp.n. and T. semitica sp.n., are epigean Typhloglomeris semitica sp.n. (rarely troglophilic (cf. Thaler, 1999)) and usually Figs 6–11. distinctly coloured, while the troglobites T. coeca Ver- Holotype # (ZMTA), Israel, Nahal Keziv, near bottom of hoeff, 1898 and T. caucasica Golovatch, 1975, as well canyon, Quercus forest and dense undergrowth, litter, 05.03.2003; as the presumed geobite T. fiumarana Verhoeff, 1899, leg. S. Golovatch. — Paratypes: $ (ZMUM), same locality and date, are unpigmented. The current distributions, as well as collected with holotype; $ (ZMTA), same locality, pitfall traps, No. the main taxonomic, evolutionary and biogeographical 04–3, 12.12.1998–02.01.1999; leg. M. Finkel. issues, are discussed in Golovatch [1981, 1989], Thaler DIAGNOSIS: Differs from congeners mainly by the red- orange anterior band on the thoracic shield, coupled with [1987, 1999] and Æurèiæ & Makarov (in prep.). some minor peculiarities in structure of male leg-pairs 17– To finally establish the identity of the enigmatic 19. Glomeris klugii Brandt, 1833, the holotype of this 258 S. I. Golovatch species, which is still in rather good condition, was Tel-Aviv & Jerusalem. 506 p. restudied vis-a-vis a rich sample of G. undulata C. L. Bodenheimer F.S. 1937. Prodromus faunae Palestinae. Essai sur les éléments zoogéographiques et historiques du sud-ouest du Koch, 1844 from near Darmstadt, Germany (coll. sous-regne paléarctique // Mém. Inst. Egypte. T.33. Pt.1–2. ZMUM). Their side-by-side comparison shows quite P.1–286. unequivocally that these taxa are conspecific. This is Brandt J.F. 1833. Tentamen quorundam monographicorum Insec- obvious from the same body size, colour pattern (Fig. ta Myriapoda Chilognatha Latreillii spectantium prodromus 12), structure of the hyposchism (Fig. 13), legs, etc. The // Bull. Soc. Imp. Natural. Moscou. T.6. P.194–209. Brandt J.F. 1840. Remarques critiques sur les espèces qui com- only noteworthy difference concerns the complete lack posent le genre Glomeris, suivies de quelques observations sur of the usual fine striae on the thoracic shield. This was leur distribution géographique des espèces en général // Bull. already emphasised in the original descriptions [Brandt, sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg. T.7. Nos 4–5. P.37–44. 1833, 1840]. However, as the number of such striae in Golovatch S.I. 1981. Diplopoda from Iran (Glomeridellidae, Glomeridae, Platydesmidae, Polydesmidae) // Senckenberg. Glomeris species generally tends to be quite low, usu- Biol. Bd.61. H.5/6. S.421–427 (for 1980). ally ranging between one and three, and as this trait Golovatch S.I. 1989a. Diplopoda of the Caucasus, 1. Glomeridel- tends to vary quite considerably intraspecifically, I lidae, with contributions to the fauna of Turkey // Ibid. Bd.69. believe it reasonably safe to follow Koch [1863] in H.4–6. S.404–419 (for 1988). treating klugii as a European form, later identified by Golovatch S.I. 1989b. Diplopoda of the Caucasus, 2. Glomeridae, with contributions to the fauna of Turkey // Ibid. Bd.69. H.4– Latzel [1884] and Verhoeff [1923] as G. conspersa C. 6. S.421–440 (for 1988). L. Koch, 1844. Since the latter taxon has recently been Golovatch S.I. 1990. Diplopoda of the Caucasus, 3. Trachy- shown to represent only a colour morph of G. undulata sphaeridae, with contributions to the fauna of Turkey // Ibid. C. L. Koch, 1844 [cf. Hoess, 2000], this means that Bd.70. H.4–6. S.331–358 (for 1989). Golovatch S.I. 1993. Trachysphaera solida Golovatch, 1976, a Glomeris klugii Brandt, 1833 is a senior subjective revalidated Caucasian millipede species (Diplopoda Glomerida synonym of G. undulata C. L. Koch, 1844, syn.n. The Trachysphaeridae) // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.2. No.4. P.19–20. holotype of G. klugii must have simply been misla- Hoess R. 2000. 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